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Environmental Impacts on Behavior and Personality in the Caviomorph Rodent, Octodon degus
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Environmental factors can have large impacts in shaping the way that animals behave. Biotic elements, such as predators and conspecifics that individuals interact with, are two environmental factors that animals may encounter ...
Personality and Behavioral Syndromes of the Big Brown Bat, Eptesicus fuscus
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
As the study of animal personality has significant expanded in the last decade, a growing amount of research has focused on the impacts of sociality and group dynamics on behavioral repeatability. The research presented ...
Surfing the Semester: A Study of the Flow of Active Learning Implementation
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Instructional reforms have been called for on a national level. Little data exists as to how changes take place. This study explored the implementation of active learning practices by non-tenure and tenure track faculty ...
Physiological Mechanisms Underpinning Growth and Aging in Wild Birds
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Life-history trade-offs have been well-documented within the literature through correlational and experimental studies. However, the physiological mechanisms underlying these trade-offs are less understood. Currently, there ...
Low Temperature Stress in the Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee, Megachile Rotundata
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Dramatic changes in ambient temperature can have a significant impact on insect physiology throughout development. The accumulations of the deleterious physiological effects throughout low temperature exposure are collectively ...
The Distribution and Habitat Use of North Dakota Bats
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Prior to 2009, a comprehensive statewide survey of occurrence and distribution of bats in North Dakota had not been conducted. From 2009 to 2012, mist netting, radio telemetry, and acoustic monitoring were conducted to ...
Expression of HIF-1 Alpha and HIF-1 Beta in Insects Throughout Juvenile Development
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Insects grow exponentially from hatching to adult. This growth is punctuated by periodic molts during which the exoskeleton, including the large airways of the respiratory system, is enlarged and replaced. Major tracheae ...
Student Interpretations of Phylogenetic Trees in an Introductory Biology Course
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Phylogenetic trees are a common visual representation in biology, and the most important visual representation used in evolutionary biology. Thus, phylogenetic trees have also become an important component of biology ...
Online Student Resource Use and the Effect on Student Course Performance
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
The purpose of this study was to identify potential factors of student resource use that could indicate student success in an online course. This would allow instructors to look for in patterns of use to identify students ...
From Alcelaphus to Zapus: Conservation of Modern Mammalian Populations
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Conservation priorities are increasingly important in the face of modern human activities.
Anthropogenic activities such as deforestation, pollution, and climate change have negative
impacts on all vertebrates. In chapter ...